9 December 1999 Edition

Two fundamental questions surround the discovery of a sophisticated bug in a car used by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams. They are: (i) Who authorised the operation? and (ii) If the British government did not, then are elements within the British secret services in Ireland now effectively out of control? Free article

Speaking in the Dáil on Budget 2000 on 2 December, Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin described it as the ``most divisive in years''. He lashed the tax discrimination against parents who choose to care for children in the home. Deputy Ó Caoláin said: Free article